Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 183 / Friday, September 21, 2007 / Notices 54015 

timothy.s.ryan@us.army.mil, (973) 724–

7953. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written 

objections must be filed within 15 days 

from publication date of this notice in 

the Federal Register. Any license 

granted shall comply with 35 U.S.C. 209 

and 37 CFR part 404. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–4693 Filed 9–20–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Intent To Grant a Partially Exclusive 

License for a U.S. Army Owned 

Invention to Machining Technologies, 

Inc. 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army 

announces that, unless there is an 

objection, after 15 days it intends to 

grant a partially exclusive license to 

Machining Technologies, Inc., a 

corporation having a place of business 

in Hebron, Maryland, on ‘‘Semi 

Permanent backup Iron Sight’’, U.S. 

patent number 6,779,290. Any license 

granted shall comply with 35 U.S.C. 209 

and 37 CFR part 404. 

DATES: File written objections by 

October 9, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Timothy S. Ryan, Technology Transfer 

Program Manager, AMSRD–AAR–EMB, 

U.S. Army ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal, 

NJ 07806–5000, e-mail: 

timothy.s.ryan@us.army.mil, (973) 724–

7953. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written 

objections must be filed within 15 days 

from publication date of this notice in 

the Federal Register. Any license 

granted shall comply with 35 U.S.C. 209 

and 37 CFR part 404. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–4695 Filed 9–20–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Revised Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Overseas Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Undersea Warfare 

Training Range and Notice of Request 

for Public Scoping Comments 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Revised Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: This notice is issued to advise 

the public that the Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement/Overseas 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS/ 

OEIS) for the Undersea Warfare Training 

Range (USWTR) will be revised, and to 

invite the public to provide comments 

for consideration during preparation of 

the revised EIS/OEIS. 

In compliance with Section (102)(2)(c) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) of 1969, as implemented by 

the Council on Environmental Quality 

Regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500–1508), 

and Executive Order 12114, the 

Department of Navy (Navy) announced 

the preparation of an EIS for the then 

‘‘East Coast Shallow Water Training 

Range EIS/OEIS’’ on May 13, 1996 (FR 

22028) and invited the public to 

comment on the scope of the EIS/OEIS. 

Subsequently, a Draft EIS/OEIS was 

released on October 28, 2005 (FR 62107) 

to evaluate the potential environmental 

consequences associated with 

constructing and operating an Undersea 

Warfare Training Range (USWTR). In 

response to comments received from 

federal agencies, state agencies, and 

members of the public, Navy 

determined that the DEIS should be 

revised and a new DEIS issued, 

incorporating suggestions received 

during the public review and comment 

period. The changes contemplated 

involve the addition of an alternative 

and a modification of the methodology 

used to analyze impacts on marine 

mammals. Given the nature of these 

changes, the Navy has decided to 

reopen the scoping process and invites 

the public to submit any comments 

relevant to the scope of issues to be 

addressed in the revised EIS/OEIS. 

Scoping comments previously 

submitted following publication of the 

1996 NOI are still valid and will be 

considered. 

All comments received during the Oct 

2005 DEIS public review and comment 

period will be considered during the 

course of this scoping process and need 

not be resubmitted. 

The proposed action is to instrument 

an approximate 500-square-nauticalmile area of the ocean with undersea 

cables and sensor nodes, creating a 

USWTR, and to use the USWTR for antisubmarine warfare (ASW) training. The 

purpose of the proposed action is to 

enable the Navy to train effectively in an 

ocean environment encompassing 

required water depths (e.g., 120 to 900 

feet depth) at a suitable location for 

Navy Atlantic Fleet units. Training 

typically would involve an individual 

unit or up to three vessels and two 

aircraft using the range at any one time. 

The Navy anticipates analyzing four 

alternative sites. The candidate sites are 

located in the Atlantic Ocean 

approximately 30 to 50 nautical miles 

offshore, within existing Navy 

Operating Areas (OPAREAs). The three 

candidate sites previously identified as 

alternatives would continue to be 

considered: Offshore of northeastern 

Virginia, offshore of southeastern North 

Carolina, and offshore of northeastern 

Florida. A site offshore of central South 

Carolina will be added as a fourth 

alternative. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

USWTR EIS/OEIS Project Manager, 

Facilities Engineering Command 

Atlantic, 6506 Hampton Boulevard, 

Norfolk, Virginia 23508–1278; 

telephone: 757–322–4398; facsimile: 

757–322–4894. Additional background 

information on the USWTR, including 

the prior DEIS and the public comments 

received, will remain available during 

this re-opened scoping process via the 

Web site http://projects.earthtech.com/ 

USWTR/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Navy 

requires an undersea warfare training 

range off the east coast of the U.S. to 

support training in safe and controlled 

locations while providing an ocean 

environment that is consistent with realworld threat conditions. Range 

instrumentation is required to provide 

real-time feedback to Navy participants. 

The offshore instrumented area would 

be connected to shore via a trunk cable, 

which allows data gathered during 

exercises to be transferred for 

participant feedback. 

The Navy’s mission is to maintain, 

train, and equip combat-ready naval 

forces capable of winning wars, 

deterring aggression and maintaining 

freedom of the seas. For that reason, 10 

U.S.C. 5062 directs the Chief of Naval 

Operations to train all naval forces for 

combat. Therefore, naval forces must 

have access to training areas where they 

can develop and maintain skills for 

wartime missions. ASW is a Navy core 

capability and is critical to the Navy’s 

mission. The Navy must be trained and 

capable with active sonars in littoral 

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